John Proctor as a Tragic Hero in The Crucible Essay

Miller demonstrates through his play, The Crucible, that John Proctor, the main protagonist, is indeed a modern tragic hero. Throughout another one of Miller’s works, his essay “Tragedy and the Common Man”, he explains who and what a tragic hero really is. This helps to inform the reader about Proctor’s stance as a common tragic hero. Throughout the play, The Crucible, John Proctor faces many obstacles and challenges. Soon after we are introduced to Proctor in the play, we learn that he had an…

In ‘The Crucible’, John Proctor exhibits the qualities defined as those of a tragic hero; he struggles against society by remaining independent; he gives up his name and freedom for the greater good of Salem through his confession of adultery; and redeems himself through his discovery of his goodness, and his self- sacrifice. Miller defines a tragic hero in his essay, ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’, juxtaposing Aristotle’s views that only characters of nobility are appropriate; Miller describes a…

Tragic heroes in the English Literary Community has change over time. The classic tragic hero is a nobleman who suffers from a tragic flaw which brings his downfall after an epiphany. For example, Romeo from Romeo and Juliet, or Oedipus from the play Oedipus. These men in power reveal attributes of the tragic hero. However, Arthur Miller questions why only a monarch can be a tragic hero. Miller wrote the play, The Crucible, featuring a common man, John Proctor, put into an extraordinary…

The Crucible Analysis Tragedy is a type of literature that involves series of events happening to characters in complex relationships, which lead to an unfortunate end. However, tragedy is a lot more than “the plays in which everyone dies”. On the contrary to comedy, which people “watch” the play, the changes of plot and transformation of characters in tragedy allow people to participate, and thus give them a chance to reflect their definitions of “moral”. Moreover, the imitation of an…

ENG3U1 January 22, 2016 John Proctor : The Tragic Hero of The Crucible A tragic hero can be describe as a noble literary character who exhibits a fatal flaw that combined with fate, external forces and pressures leads to the character’s fall from greatness. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, John Proctor is portrayed as the tragic hero. John Proctor is a noble and well-respected man living in the small town of Salem in…

me my name (Crucible Miller pg. 281-294)!" John Proctor exemplifies his dignity throughout the play and through this quote. This flaw is brought out by the theme of integrity occurring in the play. Tragedy and the Common Man proves that John Proctor is a common tragic hero in The Crucible, because of this he emphasizes the theme that integrity is everything and provides people with power but also has the ability to drag one down. The Common Man by Arthur Miller proves that John Proctor is…

According to Arthur Miller, a tragic hero is an individual who is willing to give up their life in order to secure their personal dignity and justice for others. A tragic hero is also noble. The characteristic of nobility portrays a character that is willing to do anything for the justice of others, including themselves. No matter what that noble character must go through, their nobility will benefit the unjust. The Crucible is a story by Arthur Miller. This story takes place in Salem…

In the story “The Crucible” the town of Salem was filled with hysteria, this was predominantly a result of women as well as children being accused of witchcraft. In the play “The Crucible” John Proctor changes throughout the story after being under indictment and became a tragic hero. John Proctor is just much the same to the everyday human, he caused his own downfall by the baggage he’d done that’s what makes him a tragic hero. A hero ought to be doomed from the start, but bears no…

In the late 1950’s, playwright Arthur Miller included character John Proctor in his drama, The Crucible, because he believed that the time period during Mccarthyism lacked true heroes. Although Proctor is not the typical hero that usually comes into mind according to the common definition, Miller portrays him as a tragic hero, one whose biggest flaw is his own honesty. Some may disagree that Proctor was indeed a true hero, due to the fact that he committed adultery. Although this is true,…

Vairag Amin Ms. Gregory English III 18 September 2016 “The Crucible” Essay “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller was written to show his view of the mccarthy trials. It is set in the town of Salem where people were accused of being witches and sentenced to death if they did not confess, the events became known as the Salem witch trials. In “The Crucible” the character John Proctor can be seen as a tragic hero because throughout the play he changed as a person, but his overwhelming pride in the…